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School staff tell visiting senators aging building, failing heat and leaks disrupt instruction and services
Summary
Teachers and staff told visiting state senators that failing heating, leaks and cramped spaces have forced classrooms to relocate, disrupted interventions and limited extracurricular offerings, and that a bond effort is under discussion to address infrastructure shortcomings.
Visiting state senators heard Tuesday that an aging school building has repeatedly interrupted instruction and student services, with staff citing broken heating and plumbing, cramped and unsuitable spaces for specialized learners, and disruptive repairs that make steady intervention work difficult. "Last year, the heat went out in [our classroom] ... we moved them for eight weeks," a school staff member identified in the meeting as Henry said, describing a special-education classroom displaced by a heating/water failure.
The recurring failures extend beyond one room, Henry said: ceiling tiles fall from roof leaks, locker rooms are in poor condition and temperature control is inconsistent — "you walk into one classroom this morning and it's 85 degrees, not a great…
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